Very simple preparation - quick, easy and nutritious. Eaten with the ubiquitous varan bhat or best with bhakri!
2 bunches fresh spinach leaves. Cleaned, trimmed and chopped. Should be about 5-6 cups of chopped spinach in all.
1/2 cup chopped onion
4-5 large garlic cloves crushed and chopped into medium pieces... do not chop too fine.
2-3 green chillies slit lengthwise
salt to taste
1/4 tsp sugar
2 TBS oil (for tempering)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
pinch of hing
1/4 tsp turmeric.
1 tsp lemon juice
Best made in a wok or a kadhai or a wide saucepan...gives you room to saute.
Heat oil and temper with mustard seeds, hing and turmeric. Add the garlic and fry till golden...please do not burn the garlic. Add the onion and saute for about 5 minutes till it is translucent. Do not hurry this step or later on you will taste raw onion in the finished vegetable... remember spinach cooks very fast.
Once the onion is cooked and translucent, add the spinach and chilies. Saute well till the spinach and onions are well mixed. Lower the heat to minimum and cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add the salt and sugar. Make sure the spinach is cooked. Steam for a couple of minutes more if required.
Just before you take it off the heat, add the lemon juice.
2 bunches fresh spinach leaves. Cleaned, trimmed and chopped. Should be about 5-6 cups of chopped spinach in all.
1/2 cup chopped onion
4-5 large garlic cloves crushed and chopped into medium pieces... do not chop too fine.
2-3 green chillies slit lengthwise
salt to taste
1/4 tsp sugar
2 TBS oil (for tempering)
1/4 tsp mustard seeds
pinch of hing
1/4 tsp turmeric.
1 tsp lemon juice
Best made in a wok or a kadhai or a wide saucepan...gives you room to saute.
Heat oil and temper with mustard seeds, hing and turmeric. Add the garlic and fry till golden...please do not burn the garlic. Add the onion and saute for about 5 minutes till it is translucent. Do not hurry this step or later on you will taste raw onion in the finished vegetable... remember spinach cooks very fast.
Once the onion is cooked and translucent, add the spinach and chilies. Saute well till the spinach and onions are well mixed. Lower the heat to minimum and cover and cook for 5 minutes. Add the salt and sugar. Make sure the spinach is cooked. Steam for a couple of minutes more if required.
Just before you take it off the heat, add the lemon juice.
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